Erzurum
city in Turkey
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Summary
Erzurum is a metropolitan municipality in Turkey[1]. Erzurum draws 3,875 Wikipedia views per month (metropolitan municipality in turkey category, ranking #12 of 25).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Erzurum Province[3]
- Country: Turkey[4]
- Instance of: big city[5], city[6]
- Official language: Turkish[7]
- Twinned administrative body: Kemalpaşa[8]
- Postal code: 25x xxx[9]
- Commons category: Erzurum[10]
- Licence plate code: 25[11]
- Local dialing code: 0442[12]
- Coordinate location: 39.909722222222, 41.275555555556[13]
- Located in/on physical feature: Eastern Anatolia Region[14]
- Significant event: Siege of Theodosiopolis[15]
- Official website: http://www.erzurum.bel.tr/[16]
- Topic's main category: Category:Erzurum[17]
- Population: 767,848[18]
- Office held by head of government: mayor of Erzurum[19]
- Described by source: Nordisk familjebok[20], Encyclopedic Lexicon[21], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[22], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23], Pauly–Wissowa[24], Desktop Encyclopedic Dictionary[25], Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[29], Small Soviet Encyclopedia[30]
- Capital of: Erzurum Province[31], Erzurum eyalet[32], Afshar Beylik[33]
- Official name: Erzurum[34]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Erzurum[35]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Erzurum[36]
- Native label: Erzurum[37]
- Category of associated people: Category:People from Erzurum[38]
- Elevation above sea level: 1900[39]
- Area: 24,741[40]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Erzurum include A Journey to Arzrum[41], a written work[42], written by Alexander Pushkin[43] and Erzurum Airport[44], an airport[45], in Turkey[46].
Why It Matters
Erzurum has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Erzurum is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
Entities named for Erzurum include A Journey to Arzrum[41], a written work[42], written by Alexander Pushkin[43] and Erzurum Airport[44], an airport[45], in Turkey[46].